second, if i had a knife i would have probablly killed myself this morning. I just realized the 335 is very extremely annoying, the steptronic at least.

first: in any other car in the world, you warm it up in the morning, you drive for like 3 minutes and the engine temperature is at what it's supposed to be. I drive the 335 for 15 minutes and it's still as low as possible
I wonder if it's a bad idea to push the car before it gets to around 240 or so...

Second, and that's the really really really annoying part: M mode switches gears on its own!!!!! WTF, i have you in manual coz i want to down shift and upshift myself. im coming into a wide corner that going in 5th gear, i want to come out of it and be in 3rd gear, so in the middle of the corner it shifts down for me, so when i thought i was shifting into 3rd, it shifted into 2nd

second, if i had a knife i would have probablly killed myself this morning. I just realized the 335 is very extremely annoying, the steptronic at least.

first: in any other car in the world, you warm it up in the morning, you drive for like 3 minutes and the engine temperature is at what it's supposed to be. I drive the 335 for 15 minutes and it's still as low as possible
I wonder if it's a bad idea to push the car before it gets to around 240 or so...

Second, and that's the really really really annoying part: M mode switches gears on its own!!!!! WTF, i have you in manual coz i want to down shift and upshift myself. im coming into a wide corner that going in 5th gear, i want to come out of it and be in 3rd gear, so in the middle of the corner it shifts down for me, so when i thought i was shifting into 3rd, it shifted into 2nd

That gauge you see is engine oil temp. Not coolant temp like in all other cars. Oil takes longer to warm up then coolant. So that's why you see it taking longer. As soon as you feel warm air coming out of the vents your coolant has reached its normal operating temp.

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Originally Posted by ChaneRZ

haha i see you drive stick g35 and auto 335i. should've gotten a stick. trade it in!

G35 is gone haha, i need to update that. trade-in will make me owe like 13k man!!! hahah

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Originally Posted by KanosWRX

That gauge you see is engine oil temp. Not coolant temp like in all other cars. Oil takes longer to warm up then coolant. So that's why you see it taking longer. As soon as you feel warm air coming out of the vents your coolant has reached its normal operating temp.

AH!!! i see, cool man thanks!

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Originally Posted by jhilsinho

I'll have to say.. I told them (The AT lovers) so... Nothing better than controlling your own shifts

That gauge you see is engine oil temp. Not coolant temp like in all other cars. Oil takes longer to warm up then coolant. So that's why you see it taking longer. As soon as you feel warm air coming out of the vents your coolant has reached its normal operating temp.

+1

But hes a G35 owner, cut him some slack for not knowing the difference.

You should downshift as you're braking and before you even enter the corner (shifting mid-corner is bad). If you do that and are in 3rd before you begin cornering, the auto *should* hold the gear without shifting for you. Typically, autos in manual mode will downshift for you if you drop below a certain speed but will upshift for you far less frequently, so be proactive about your downshifting and you should experience this problem a lot less.

based on my own experience of running manuals and the step, it would ONLY have shifted down if the engine and gearbox felt the car was being pushed in too high of a gear same way that the car will ONLY change up if the needle is spanked into the red zone...

So without wanting to challenge you to a shifting duel or doubting your ability to change gear properly... question why your gearbox did what it did...

Are you sure you were in M and not just used the paddles to change whilst in D? 'cos they will step back to auto after a second or two.